"Se'i yona veshim'ini" (Go, Dove, and hear Me)

With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
"Se'i yona veshim'ini" (Go, Dove, and hear Me)

Performed by Zadok Zubeiri and Yosef Ozeiri


This is a shira for any occasion, with a tawshiḥ. It is attributed both to David ben Zecharia Halevi and to Sa'adia. Alternate stanzas are in Hebrew and Arabic. 

This recording features Zadok Zubeiri and Yosef Ozeiri sing only the first stanza, but repeat it. They begin with a very well known melody in duple meter, slow tempo and flowing rhythm, and continue with three different melodies, accompanied by a dance. These melodies, some of them in triple and others in duple meter, are more regular, and are accompanied by drum and tin pan. At first they sing in a responsorial manner - Zadok sings the opening and Yosef the closing hemistich - and then they both sing together.

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